Cloud Printing and Zero Trust Principles: Quocirca Interview with ezeep

Cloud printing helps organizations align with zero trust principles, even for devices like printers. Christoph Hammer from ezeep discussed this with Louella Fernandes, director of Quocirca, addressing key issues facing cloud printing today.

The interview also explores ThinPrint's vision for ezeep and cloud printing, the challenges of home office printing, and the impact of cloud marketplaces on the print industry.

Why Zero Trust Makes Printing More Challenging

Zero trust has been a significant topic in IT security. Companies adopting zero trust principles can face difficulties integrating printers into their networks. Even printers located nearby need special attention to communicate with laptops or thin clients sending print jobs.

Cloud printing offers a straightforward way to enable zero trust printing, as Christoph explains in the Quocirca interview. By combining cloud rendering with the ezeep Hub, organizations can print to devices within a zero trust network without direct connectivity between the printing device and the printer.

We combined cloud rendering with the ezeep Hub and allowed (our customers) to print to their printers in a zero trust network environment without having any connectivity directly between the device and the printer.”Christoph Hammer, In the Spotlight with ThinPrint – Cloud printing in the zero trust, hybrid work era

The advantages of cloud printing are further highlighted in Quocirca's report, "Cloud Print Services Landscape, 2021."

How the Shifting Office Impacts Zero Trust

ezeep focuses on maximizing the flexibility provided by the cloud, ensuring customers are supported wherever they work. This flexibility is especially valuable for home office printing.

As more people work remotely, IT admins need secure and efficient ways to integrate home office printers. Many companies without cloud printing struggle to manage these devices for auditing and tracking. The complexities of VPNs and installing print drivers on company laptops quickly create a need for a managed, cloud-based print solution.

Home office printing is a challenge for companies and cloud printing is a great way to overcome this. It's a very elegant way that you can overcome these security limitations without actually breaking them by punching holes in firewalls or making exceptions.”Christoph Hammer, In the Spotlight with ThinPrint – Cloud printing in the zero trust, hybrid work era

With the ezeep Hub and its flexible cloud architecture, implementing zero trust printing is straightforward. For additional information on how to deliver zero trust printing with ezeep, watch our webinar.

ezeep thanks Quocirca and Louella Fernandes for the interview.